Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China
Monitoring and mapping forest carbon is critical for informing climate change mitigation measures. Evidence indicates that forest edges hold less carbon than the forest interior. In this study, using field inventory data from a Chinese fir forest ecosystem in southeast China, the carbon at the fores...
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| author | Sajjad Saeed Sun Yujun Mukete Beckline Liping Chen Bo Zhang Adnan Ahmad Abdul Mannan Alamgir Khan Arshad Iqbal |
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| description | Monitoring and mapping forest carbon is critical for informing climate change mitigation measures. Evidence indicates that forest edges hold less carbon than the forest interior. In this study, using field inventory data from a Chinese fir forest ecosystem in southeast China, the carbon at the forest edge and forest interior at different elevations was measured. The results showed a significant increasing trend in carbon with elevation. The results also revealed that forest edges had significantly lower carbon than the forest interior. Carbon density values varied between 265 Mg C ha−1 at forest edges and 320 Mg C ha−1 at forest interior. The study highlights that ignoring edge effects overestimates carbon density by 9.46%. These findings suggest that edge effects should be given proper consideration during national forest carbon inventory. Furthermore, the authors recommend the establishment of permanent sampling plots along forest edges for precise and accurate carbon accounting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98245644c383478997d9dc93d5e861d52023-09-21T15:09:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCarbon Management1758-30041758-30122019-01-01101112210.1080/17583004.2018.15375171537517Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern ChinaSajjad Saeed0Sun Yujun1Mukete Beckline2Liping Chen3Bo Zhang4Adnan Ahmad5Abdul Mannan6Alamgir Khan7Arshad Iqbal8Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijing Forestry UniversityBeijing key Laboratory of Precision Forestry, Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing key Laboratory of Precision Forestry, Beijing Forestry UniversitySchool of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry UniversityCollege of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Beijing Forestry UniversityMonitoring and mapping forest carbon is critical for informing climate change mitigation measures. Evidence indicates that forest edges hold less carbon than the forest interior. In this study, using field inventory data from a Chinese fir forest ecosystem in southeast China, the carbon at the forest edge and forest interior at different elevations was measured. The results showed a significant increasing trend in carbon with elevation. The results also revealed that forest edges had significantly lower carbon than the forest interior. Carbon density values varied between 265 Mg C ha−1 at forest edges and 320 Mg C ha−1 at forest interior. The study highlights that ignoring edge effects overestimates carbon density by 9.46%. These findings suggest that edge effects should be given proper consideration during national forest carbon inventory. Furthermore, the authors recommend the establishment of permanent sampling plots along forest edges for precise and accurate carbon accounting.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2018.1537517biomass carbonedge effectelevation gradientforest edge |
| spellingShingle | Sajjad Saeed Sun Yujun Mukete Beckline Liping Chen Bo Zhang Adnan Ahmad Abdul Mannan Alamgir Khan Arshad Iqbal Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China Carbon Management biomass carbon edge effect elevation gradient forest edge |
| title | Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China |
| title_full | Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China |
| title_fullStr | Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China |
| title_short | Forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata): A study from Southeastern China |
| title_sort | forest edge effect on biomass carbon along altitudinal gradients in chinese fir cunninghamia lanceolata a study from southeastern china |
| topic | biomass carbon edge effect elevation gradient forest edge |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2018.1537517 |
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